Troopers manage possible road rage on I-78, Northampton County PA
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TrafficAs discussed during the dispatch call, troopers responded to a potential road rage incident and vehicle off the roadway on Interstate 78 in Pennsylvania. According to the radio communications, a tow truck operator may have threatened another person with a tire iron. The incident led to brief lane closures while troopers managed the scene. No injuries were reported.
Audio|Heard on: Northampton PA Law Dispatch Group Calls
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02:1
Transcript:
00:00
Three count (number withheld).
00:01
I'm going to be 22.
00:02
Vehicle is going to be in the grass.
00:07
All right, sirs.
00:10
(Name withheld), I'm going to go up and do a slowdown farther back.
00:15
Received.
00:18
Three count (number withheld), can you start us over please?
00:22
Yeah, can you, uh, are there any injuries or anything?
00:28
Three comma (number withheld).
00:30
No injuries.
00:33
Okay, received.
00:36
Three comma (number withheld), left lane is going to be shut down temporarily.
00:41
Received.
00:46
Three comma (number withheld).
00:50
Received.
00:51
Three count (number withheld), we're starting to slow down the west at 18.
00:55
West at 18 receives.
00:58
Three count (number withheld).
01:02
Six fifty-six.
01:05
Hope cars, do you have a tow truck driver out there with you?
01:11
No sir, we don't.
01:14
All right, apparently there was a road rage incident in which a tow company operator allegedly threatened somebody with a tire iron while getting further now from county.
01:25
Three times out 17 over 4 westbound.
01:29
That could be.
01:30
They said (number withheld), and they said it was a gray Jeep Patriot.
01:35
Did you get a call in the barracks?
01:39
That's going to be (number withheld).
01:40
We had a trooper driving into work.
01:42
He saw the tow truck there.
01:46
All right, received.
01:47
I'll talk to the caller and see if he can go to the barracks and sort it out from there.
01:53
Three com, (number withheld).
01:55
We're gonna have the left lane and the middle lane shut down temporarily.
02:00
Received.
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Location mentioned:
I-78, Pennsylvania
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